Space Power is about the generation of power from space.
The space around Earth is filled with intense sunlight, undiffused by
atmosphere, continuously. It represents an inexhausible supply of energy that
can be converted to electricity using semiconductors - that is without the use
of any moving parts.
A small fraction of this energy could supply a large part of the world's future
energy requirements for the foreseeable future. In addition, it could do it
without the need for any kind of fuel, and without producing any waste product.
All that's needed is large-area collectors - and that means large,
thousands of square kilometers - and a way to transmit the collected power down to Earth.
Several different methods are possible, but the one that has received the most effort so
far is the use of microwave beams or
wireless power transmission
